Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, and relates to the field of semiconductor devices. The semiconductor device includes an active region, a test region and a passive region located outside the active region and the test region, wherein a standard device is formed in the active region, and a test device for testing performance parameters of the standard device is formed in the test region.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of international application No.PCT/CN2018/094450 filed on Jul. 4, 2018, which claims priority ofChinese patent application No. 201710538379.5 filed on Jul. 4, 2017, allcontents of which are incorporated herein in their entireties byreference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of semiconductor andsemiconductor manufacturing technologies, and more particularly, to asemiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same.

BACKGROUND

In recent years, wireless communication technologies have been expandingin applications such as communication base stations, aerospace,automation, automotive electronics, high-temperature radiationenvironments, phased array radars, electronic countermeasures, militarysatellite communications and smart weapons. Modern wirelesscommunication technologies are moving toward higher frequency, higherpower, and higher efficiency, which puts forward higher requirements onthe design of wireless signal transmitters. As an important part of thetransmitters, radio frequency and microwave power amplifiers haveattracted more and more attention.

As a core component in power amplifiers, transistors have graduallybecome a hot topic in current research. The transistors used in thepower amplifiers include bipolar transistors (BJT), gallium arsenidemetal semiconductor field effect transistors (GaAs MESFET), junctionfield effect transistors (JFET), laterally diffused metal oxidesemiconductor (LDMOS) and gallium nitride (GaN) transistors, etc., anddifferent transistors are used in different power amplifier designs.

At present, in transistor manufacturing, in order to meet therequirements of higher frequency, higher power and higher efficiency ofmodern communication, it is generally required to design large-sizeddevices as standard devices. These standard devices have a relativelylarge gate width, so that the devices have a relatively large currentdensity in a turn-on state, thereby exceeding a test range of ordinarywafer-level electrical test equipment. Some electrical parameters suchas saturation current and output power cannot be obtained through thewafer-level test, developers often need to test performance parametersof chips of large-sized devices one by one after cutting and packaging,and then screen out qualified devices, and thus the production cycle andpackaging resources are significantly increased, and the production costis increased.

SUMMARY

In view of the above, an object of the present disclosure is to providea semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, so as tosolve above problems.

To achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides followingtechnical solutions.

A semiconductor device, including: an active region, a test region and apassive region located outside the active region and the test region,wherein a standard device is formed in the active region, and a testdevice for testing performance parameters of the standard device isformed in the test region.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the test device and thestandard device have an electrical characteristic correlation, and thetest device has a normal electrical characteristic function and canindependently perform electrical characteristic measurement.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a size of the test device issmaller than that of the standard device, and a gate width of the testdevice is smaller than that of the standard device.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the standard device includesa plurality of sources, a plurality of drains and a plurality of gates;and the test device includes a first electrode and a second electrode,wherein the first electrode is the same as the drains and the secondelectrode is the same as one of the sources and the gates.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second electrode is thesame as the gates, and a distance between the first electrode and thesecond electrode is equal to a distance between a gate and a drainadjacent thereto among the plurality of gates and the plurality ofdrains.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second electrode is thesame as the sources, and a distance between the first electrode and thesecond electrode is equal to a sum of a distance between a gate and adrain adjacent thereto among the plurality of gates and the plurality ofdrains and a distance between a gate and a source adjacent thereto amongthe plurality of gates and the plurality of sources.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second electrode iselectrically connected to an adjacent source to share a source electrodeconnected to the adjacent source.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is no gap between thesecond electrode of the test device and an adjacent source of thestandard device.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the test device includes asubstrate, a semiconductor functional layer disposed on the substrate,and the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on thesemiconductor functional layer, wherein the test device further includesan isolation layer disposed between a semiconductor functional layerunder the first electrode and a semiconductor functional layer under thesecond electrode.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the test device furtherincludes a third electrode that is the same as the other of the sourcesand the gates.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the third electrode iselectrically connected to an adjacent source to share a source electrodeconnected to the adjacent source.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is no gap between thethird electrode of the test device and an adjacent source of thestandard device.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of sources andthe plurality of drains are alternately arranged, the plurality of gatesare interdigitated between adjacent sources and drains, the plurality ofgates are connected together through a gate interconnection wire andconnected to gate electrodes formed in the passive region, and theplurality of drains are connected together through a draininterconnection wire and connected to drain electrodes formed in thepassive region.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of sources arerespectively connected to a plurality of source electrodes formed in thepassive region through a plurality of air bridges crossing the gateinterconnection wire; each source of the plurality of sources isprovided with at least one through hole, and the source is connected toa source electrode corresponding to the source formed in the passiveregion through the at least one through hole.

The present disclosure also provides a method of manufacturing asemiconductor device, including: providing a substrate; forming asemiconductor functional layer based on the substrate; forming an activeregion, a test region and a passive region based on the semiconductorfunctional layer; forming a plurality of sources, a plurality of gatesand a plurality of drains in the active region to form a standarddevice; and forming a first electrode same as the drains and a secondelectrode same as one of the sources and the gates in the test region toform a test device for testing performance parameters of the standarddevice.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a third electrode same asthe other of the sources and the gates is formed in the test region.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a plurality of sourceelectrodes, a plurality of drain electrodes and a plurality of gateelectrodes are formed in the passive region, and the method furtherincludes: connecting the sources of the standard device to the sourceelectrodes; forming a drain interconnection wire in the passive region,connecting the drains of the standard device together through the draininterconnection wire and connecting the drains to the drain electrodes;and forming a gate interconnection wire in the passive region,connecting the gates of the standard device together through the gateinterconnection wire and connecting the gates to the gate electrodes.

According to the present disclosure, by fabricating a test device aroundthe standard device, corresponding electrical parameters of the standarddevice can be estimated in the wafer-level test by testing electricalperformance parameters of the test device, so that qualified standarddevices can be screened out according to test results, without cutting,packaging and testing the standard device with a large size, therebyavoiding the problem that some electrical parameters of the standarddevice, such as saturation current and output power, cannot be obtainedthrough the wafer-level test, saving the test process and reducing theproduction cycle. In addition, the qualified standard device can be cutand packaged accordingly, thereby effectively reducing the productioncost.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure more clearly, accompanying drawings to be used in theembodiments will be briefly introduced below. It should be understoodthat the drawings below merely show some embodiments of the presentdisclosure and thus cannot be considered as limitations to the scope. Aperson of ordinary skills in the art may also obtain other relevantdrawings according to these drawings without paying any creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a semiconductor device according to afirst embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional diagram of a standard devicehaving a set of source, gate and drain according to the first embodimentof the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional diagram of a test device accordingto the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional diagram of another test deviceaccording to the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a semiconductor device according to asecond embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a semiconductor device according to athird embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method of manufacturing a semiconductordevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will bedescribed clearly and completely with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in the present disclosure. Apparently, the embodimentsdescribed herein are merely some but not all the embodiments of thepresent disclosure. In general, the components in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure described and shown in the drawings herein may bearranged and designed in different configurations.

The detailed description of the embodiments of the present disclosure asprovided in the drawings below is not intended to limit the protectionscope of the present disclosure, but merely to denote the selectedembodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled inthe art without paying creative effort belong to the protection scope ofthe present disclosure.

It should be noted that like reference characters and letters denotelike items in the following drawings. Thus, once a certain item isdefined in one drawing, there is no need to define and explain it againin the subsequent drawings. Meanwhile, in the description of the presentdisclosure, terms “first”, “second”, etc. are merely used fordifferentiating, and cannot be interpreted to indicate or imply anyrelative importance.

First Embodiment

FIG. 1 shows a schematic top view of a semiconductor device 10 providedby an embodiment of the present disclosure. The semiconductor device 10may include an active region 11, a test region 12, and a passive regionlocated outside the active region 11 and the test region 12.

A standard device 100 is fabricated in the active region 11, and a testdevice 200 for testing performance parameters of the standard device 100is fabricated in the test region 12. Two-dimensional electron gas,electrons or holes exist under the active region 11 which is a workingregion of the semiconductor device 10. Two-dimensional electron gas,electrons or holes under the passive region are eliminated or isolatedby a mesa etching process, an ion implantation process or an oxidationisolation process, and the passive region is not an internal workingregion of the semiconductor device 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the semiconductor device 10 may further include asubstrate 13, a semiconductor functional layer 14 fabricated on thesubstrate 13, and a plurality of electrodes fabricated on thesemiconductor functional layer 14. The standard device 100 includes aplurality of sources 101, a plurality of drains 102 and a plurality ofgates 103. The test device 200 includes a first electrode 201 same asthe drain 102 and a second electrode 202 same as one of the source 101and the gate 103. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the firstelectrode 201 is the same as the drain 102 means that compositionmaterials of the first electrode 201 are the same as those of the drain102 and the first electrode 201 and the drain 102 are fabricated underthe same manufacturing process. Similarly, the second electrode 202 isthe same as one of the source 101 and the gate 103 means that,composition materials of the second electrode 202 are the same as thoseof the source 101 or the gate 103, and the second electrode 202 and thesource 101 or gate 103 are fabricated under the same manufacturingprocess.

Optionally, the source 101 and drain 102 of the standard device 100 maybe one metal material or a composite material of multiple metalmaterials. The gate 103 may be a single-layer metal gate 103, or may bea double-layer metal stack or a multi-layer gate 103 structure.Correspondingly, the first electrode 201 of the test device 200 may beone metal material or a composite material of multiple metal materials.When the second electrode 202 is the same as the source 101, it may be ametal material or a composite material of multiple metal materials. Whenthe second electrode 202 is the same as the gate 103, it may be asingle-layer metal gate 103, may also be a double-layer metal stack or amulti-layer gate 103 structure.

Optionally, the gate 103 of the standard device 100 may be a Schottkycontact electrode, the source 101 and the drain 102 are alternatelyarranged, and the gate 103 is interdigitated between the source 101 andthe drain 102. The source 101 and the drain 102 may be ohmic contactelectrodes, and the plurality of drains 102 are connected togetherthrough a drain interconnection wire 1021 and connected to drainelectrodes 1022 fabricated in the passive region. At the same time, theplurality of gates 103 are connected together through a gateinterconnection wire 1031 and connected to gate electrode 1032fabricated in passive region. The drain interconnection wire 1021 andthe gate interconnection wire 1031 may be made of metal or othermaterials, and embodiments of the present disclosure are not limitedthereto. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the source 101 ofthe standard device 100 may cross the gate interconnection wire 1031through an air bridge 1011 and be connected to a source electrode 1012of the passive region. The standard device 100 is an integral large gatewidth device with a large operating current, so that a large outputpower can be obtained to meet practical application requirements. Thegate electrode 1032 and the drain electrode 1022 are used for connectingwith external elements and for connecting the gate 103 and the drain 102to the external elements.

Optionally, connecting electrodes for respectively connecting with thefirst electrode 201 and the second electrode 202 are also fabricated inthe passive region, and the first electrode 201 and the second electrode202 of the test device 200 may be connected with the connectingelectrodes in the passive region through interconnection metals or othermaterials.

Optionally, lead pads may be fabricated on the drain interconnectionwire 1021 or the gate interconnection wire 1031 to input signals intothe semiconductor device 10.

Optionally, the structure of the standard device 100 may be aconventional semiconductor device such as a bipolar transistor (BJT), ametal semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET), a junction fieldeffect transistor (JFET), a lateral diffusion metal oxide semiconductor(LDMOS) and a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT). The material ofthe standard device 100 may be any one or a combination of materialssuch as silicon (Si), gallium nitride (GaN) and gallium arsenide (GaAs).

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the standard device 100 andthe test device 200 may be fabricated on a semiconductor wafer based ona same substrate, a semiconductor functional layer is fabricated on thesubstrate, the plurality of sources 101, drains 102 and gates 103 of thestandard device 100 are fabricated on the semiconductor functionallayer, and the first electrode 201 and the second electrode 202 of thetest device 200 are fabricated. A size of the test device 200 is smallerthan that of the standard device 100, and the gate width of the testdevice 200 is smaller than the gate width of the standard device, andthus the test device 200 has a low test current and can meet wafer-leveltests of related parameters such as power and saturation current.Therefore, corresponding electrical parameters of the standard device100 can be estimated so as to facilitate to screen out a qualifiedstandard device 100. At the same time, the relevant electricalperformance of the standard device 100 can also be obtained by testingthe test device 200 with a specific structure, thereby avoiding theproblem that the standard device 100 needs to be cut and packaged one byone to measure the relevant parameters due to its large size, andeffectively reducing the production cost.

In summary, the test device 200 is fabricated with the same materialsand processes as the standard device 100, so that the test device 200and the standard device 100 have an electrical characteristiccorrelation. The electrical characteristics of the test device 200having correlation with the standard device 100 may include parameterssuch as current, voltage, resistance, inductance, capacitance, power,gain, efficiency, impedance, or a combination of multiple parameters.The test device 200 may have a normal electrical characteristicfunction, may independently perform direct current or radio frequencyelectrical characteristic measurement, or may perform other forms ofelectrical characteristic measurement, so that the electricalperformance of the standard device 100 may be estimated by testing theelectrical performance of the test device 200.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the test device 200 havingtwo electrodes can form a Schottky diode structure. A distance betweenthe test device 200 and the standard device 100 may be predetermined,and optionally, the distance is less than or equal to 10 mm.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional diagram of a standard device 100having a set of source, gate and drain. In detail, as shown in FIG. 3,in a specific embodiment, the first electrode 201 of the test device 200is the same as the drain 102 of the standard device 100 and serves asthe cathode of the Schottky diode. The second electrode 202 is the sameas the gate 103 of the standard device 100 and serves as the anode ofthe Schottky diode. The distance L3 between the first electrode 201 andthe second electrode 202 is the same as the distance L2 (gate-draindistance) between the gate 103 and the drain 102.

By setting the structure of the test device 200 in this way, the carrierconcentration of the semiconductor functional layer 14 of the testregion 12 can be obtained by testing the voltage and capacitancecharacteristics of the test device 200, so that the carrierconcentration of the semiconductor functional layer 14 where thestandard device 100 is located can be obtained. At the same time, theSchottky diode structure formed by the test device 200 is equivalent tothe gate-drain structure of the standard device 100, and the gateleakage characteristics of the standard device 100 can be estimated bytesting the performance of the test device 200.

In detail, as shown in FIG. 4, in another specific embodiment, the firstelectrode 201 is the same as the drain 102. The present embodimentdiffers from the previous embodiment in that the second electrode 202 isthe same as the source 101, and the distance L4 between the firstelectrode 201 and the second electrode 202 is equal to the sum of thedistance L2 between the gate 103 and the drain 102 and the distance L1(gate-source distance) between the gate 103 and the source 101.

When making such a test device 200, an isolation layer 15 may be formedbetween a semiconductor functional layer 14 under the first electrode201 and a semiconductor functional layer 14 under the second electrode202, and the two-dimensional electron gas, electrons or holes under theisolation layer 15 may be eliminated or isolated through an ionimplantation process or an oxidation isolation process.

Such a structure is similar to that of the standard device 100 in theoff state, and the leakage of the substrate 13 can be obtained bytesting the current-voltage relationship of the test device 200, so asto estimate the leakage characteristics of the substrate when thestandard device 100 is in the off state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by fabricating a testdevice 200 around the standard device 100, the corresponding electricalparameters of the standard device 100 can be estimated in thewafer-level test by testing the electrical performance parameters of thetest device 200, so that the qualified standard device 100 can bescreened out according to the test results, and the standard device 100with a large size need not be cut, packaged and tested, thereby avoidingthe problem that some electrical parameters of the standard device 100,such as saturation current and output power, cannot be obtained throughthe wafer-level test, saving the test process and reducing theproduction cycle; in addition, the qualified standard device 100 can becut and packaged accordingly, thus effectively reducing the productioncost.

Second Embodiment

As shown in FIG. 5, the present embodiment differs from the firstembodiment in that the test device 200 may further include a thirdelectrode 203, as described above, the first electrode 201 is the sameas the drain 102, the second electrode 202 is the same as one of thesource 101 and the gate 103, and the third electrode 203 is the same asthe other of the source 101 and the gate 103.

By setting the test device 200 with three electrodes, the test device200 forms a device including a single source, a single gate and a singledrain, the first electrode 201 may be an ohmic contact electrode, theelectrode same as the source 101 (e.g., the second electrode 202) may bean ohmic contact electrode, and the electrode same as the gate 103(e.g., the third electrode 203) may be a Schottky contact electrode. Thetest device 200 forms a single cell structure with a gate width smallerthan that of the standard device 100. The distance between the testregion 12 and the active region 11 may be determined according to actualneeds, that is, the distance between the test device 200 and thestandard device 100 may be less than or equal to 10 mm.

Optionally, the structure of the standard device 100 and the test device200 may be a conventional semiconductor device such as a bipolartransistor (BJT), a metal semiconductor field effect transistor(MESFET), a junction field effect transistor (JFET), a lateral diffusionfield effect transistor (LDMOS) and a high electron mobility transistor(HEMT). The material of the standard device 100 and the test device 200may be any one or a combination of materials such as silicon (Si),gallium nitride (GaN) and gallium arsenide (GaAs).

Optionally, the first electrode 201 of the test device 200 may be onemetal material or a composite material of multiple metal materials. Theelectrode same as the source 101 may be one metal material or acomposite material of multiple metal materials. The electrode same asthe gate 103 may be a single-layer metal gate 103, may also be adouble-layer metal stack or a multi-layer gate 103 structure.

By testing the electrical performance of the test device 200 with threeelectrodes, the corresponding electrical performance of the standarddevice 100 can be estimated.

Third Embodiment

The present embodiment differs from the second embodiment in that thesecond electrode 202 or the third electrode 203 is electricallyconnected to an adjacent source 101 to share the source electrode 1012connected to the source 101 for testing. In other words, on a side ofthe test device close to the standard device, the second electrode 202or the third electrode 203 may be shared with an adjacent source 101,that is, there is no gap between the shared source 101 and the secondelectrode 202 or the third electrode 203 of the test device.

Optionally, the source 101 is provided with through holes 1013, and thesource 101 is connected to the source electrode 1012 fabricated in thepassive region through the through holes 1013. The through holes 1013penetrates the substrate 13 and the semiconductor functional layer 14under the source 101, so that the source 101 can be connected to thesource electrode 1012 through the provided back metal, and the sourceelectrode 1012 is disposed on the back surface of the source 101, whichis not shown in FIG. 6. In this embodiment, the second electrode 202 isthe same as the source 101, and the second electrode 202 is connected toan adjacent source 101 of the standard device 100, thus realizing theeffect that the test device 200 and the standard device 100 share onesource electrode 1012.

By the design of the common electrode, a distance between the testdevice 200 and the standard device 100 is smaller, which reduces theoccupied area of the test device 200. At the same time, the throughholes 1013 are provided on the source 101 of the standard device 100, sothat the source 101 can be connected to the source electrode 1012through the back metal, and thus the occupied area of the standarddevice 100 may be further reduced and the yield of the whole wafermaterial may be increased.

In the previous embodiment, the test device 200 does not share anelectrode with the standard device 100, so a certain distance betweenthe test device 200 and the standard device 100 is required. This willcause errors due to the material or process non-uniformity and affectthe judgment of the performance of the standard device 100. According tothe design that the test device 200 and the standard device 100 share asource electrode in this embodiment, errors due to the material orprocess non-uniformity can be avoided, and the accuracy of theperformance judgment of the standard device 100 can be increased.

The test device 200 in the second and third embodiment is a single cellstructure including three electrodes, and the standard device 100 is amulti-cell structure. The gate width of the test device 200 is smallerthan the gate width of the standard device 100 and the test device 200has a smaller test current, which can satisfy the wafer-level test ofrelated parameters such as power and saturation current, therebyestimating and obtaining the electrical parameters of the standarddevice 100.

The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a method ofmanufacturing a semiconductor device, as shown in FIG. 7, the method ofmanufacturing a semiconductor device includes steps S110, S120, S130 andS140. The steps will be described below.

Step S110, a substrate is provided.

Step S120, a semiconductor functional layer is fabricated based on thesubstrate.

The step of fabricating the semiconductor functional layer on thesubstrate can be determined according to the type of device actuallyrequired to be fabricated, and details are not described herein again.

Step S130, an active region, a test region and a passive region arefabricated based on the semiconductor functional layer.

Step S140, a standard device is fabricated in the active region, and atest device for testing performance parameters of the standard device isfabricated in the test region.

Specifically, the specific locations of the active region, the testregion and the passive region are determined according to the range ofthe standard device and the type of the test device, and are fabricatedaccording to the structure of the standard device and the structure ofthe test device. The specific method of the fabrication and the specificstructure can be seen in the above structural embodiments.

A plurality of sources, a plurality of gates and a plurality of drainsare fabricated in the active region to form the standard device.

The standard device can be fabricated according to the actual requiredstructure. When the structure in the passive region is fabricated, aplurality of source electrodes, drain electrodes and gate electrodes canbe fabricated in the passive region. The method further includes: thesources of the standard device are connected to the source electrodes; adrain interconnection wire is formed in the passive region, the drainsof the standard device are connected through the drain interconnectionwire and connected to the drain electrodes; a gate interconnection wireis formed in the passive region, the gates of the standard device areconnected through the gate interconnection wire and connected to thedrain electrodes.

A first electrode same as the drain and a second electrode same as oneof the source and the gate are fabricated in the test region to form thetest device.

The test device is used to test performance parameters of the standarddevice. The test device can be fabricated according to the actualrequired structure, as described above, the test device can befabricated into a two-terminal device. At the same time, a thirdelectrode can also be fabricated in the test region, and the thirdelectrode is the same as the other of the source and the gate to form athree-terminal device. The specific structure and specific effect of thetest device can be seen in the above-mentioned structural embodiments,and will not be described here.

When the test device is fabricated as a two-terminal device, anisolation layer can be formed on the semiconductor functional layerunder the electrode of the test device according to actual requirements,and the specific structure can be seen in the description of the firstembodiment.

By correspondingly connecting the sources, drains and gates of thestandard device with the source, drain and gate electrodes in thepassive region, the manufacture of the standard device is completed. Thesource of the standard device can be connected to the source electrodein two ways. One is that an air bridge is fabricated to connect thesource and the source electrode, and the air bridge crosses the gateinterconnection wire. The other includes: through holes penetrating thesubstrate and the semiconductor functional layer where the sourceelectrode is located are fabricated; the source electrode is fabricatedon a side of the substrate away from the semiconductor functional layer,the source electrode is connected to the source through the throughholes, and the second electrode is electrically connected to an adjacentsource electrode to share the source electrode connected to the source.The structure and effect of the through holes are described in the aboveembodiments and will not be described here.

In the semiconductor device and the method of manufacturing the sameprovided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, by fabricating atest device around the standard device, corresponding electricalparameters of the standard device can be estimated in the wafer-leveltest by testing electrical performance parameters of the test device, sothat qualified standard devices can be screened out according to testresults, without cutting, packaging and testing the standard device witha large size, thereby avoiding the problem that some electricalparameters of the standard device, such as saturation current and outputpower, cannot be obtained through the wafer-level test, saving the testprocess and reducing the production cycle. In addition, the qualifiedstandard device can be cut and packaged accordingly, thereby effectivelyreducing the production cost.

In the descriptions of the present disclosure, it should be noted thatunless otherwise clearly specified and defined, the terms such as“dispose”, “interconnect” and “connect” should be understood in thebroad sense. For example, there may be a fixed connection, a detachableconnection, or an integral connection; there may be a mechanicalconnection, or an electrical connection; there may be a directinterconnection, an indirect interconnection via an intermediate medium,or an internal connection between two components. A person of ordinaryskills in the art may understand specific meanings of the foregoingterms in the present disclosure according to specific circumstances.

In the descriptions of the present disclosure, it should be noted thatazimuth or positional relationships indicated by the terms such as “up”,“down”, “inside” and “outside” and the like are azimuth or positionalrelationships shown in the drawings, or usual azimuth or positionalrelationships when using the products of the present disclosure, whichare only to facilitate description of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure and simplify the description, but not to indicate or implythat the device or component must have a specific azimuth, or beconstructed or operated in the specific azimuth, which thus cannot beunderstood as a limitation to the present disclosure.

The above description is only preferred embodiments of the presentdisclosure and should not be intended to limit the present disclosure.Those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variationsto the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent substitution,improvement etc. made within the principle of the present disclosureshould be encompassed in the protection scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: an activeregion, a test region and a passive region located outside the activeregion and the test region, wherein a standard device is formed in theactive region, and a test device for testing performance parameters ofthe standard device is formed in the test region.
 2. The semiconductordevice according to claim 1, wherein the test device and the standarddevice have an electrical characteristic correlation, and the testdevice has a normal electrical characteristic function and is capable ofindependently performing electrical characteristic measurement.
 3. Thesemiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein a size of the testdevice is smaller than that of the standard device, and a gate width ofthe test device is smaller than that of the standard device.
 4. Thesemiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the standard devicecomprises a plurality of sources, a plurality of drains and a pluralityof gates; and the test device comprises a first electrode and a secondelectrode, wherein the first electrode is the same as the drains and thesecond electrode is the same as one of the sources and the gates.
 5. Thesemiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein the standard devicecomprises a plurality of sources, a plurality of drains and a pluralityof gates; and the test device comprises a first electrode and a secondelectrode, wherein the first electrode is the same as the drains and thesecond electrode is the same as one of the sources and the gates.
 6. Thesemiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein the second electrodeis the same as the gates, and a distance between the first electrode andthe second electrode is equal to a distance between a gate and a drainadjacent thereto among the plurality of gates and the plurality ofdrains.
 7. The semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein thesecond electrode is the same as the sources, and a distance between thefirst electrode and the second electrode is equal to a sum of a distancebetween a gate and a drain adjacent thereto among the plurality of gatesand the plurality of drains and a distance between a gate and a sourceadjacent thereto among the plurality of gates and the plurality ofsources.
 8. The semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein thesecond electrode is electrically connected to an adjacent source toshare a source electrode connected to the adjacent source.
 9. Thesemiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein there is no gapbetween the second electrode of the test device and an adjacent sourceof the standard device.
 10. The semiconductor device according to claim4, wherein the test device comprises a substrate, a semiconductorfunctional layer disposed on the substrate, and the first electrode andthe second electrode are disposed on the semiconductor functional layer,wherein the test device further comprises an isolation layer disposedbetween a semiconductor functional layer under the first electrode and asemiconductor functional layer under the second electrode.
 11. Thesemiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein the test devicefurther comprises a third electrode that is the same as the other of thesources and the gates.
 12. The semiconductor device according to claim11, wherein the third electrode is electrically connected to an adjacentsource to share a source electrode connected to the adjacent source. 13.The semiconductor device according to claim 11, wherein there is no gapbetween the third electrode of the test device and an adjacent source ofthe standard device.
 14. The semiconductor device according to claim 4,wherein the plurality of sources and the plurality of drains arealternately arranged, the plurality of gates are interdigitated betweenadjacent sources and drains, the plurality of gates are connectedtogether through a gate interconnection wire and connected to gateelectrodes formed in the passive region, and the plurality of drains areconnected together through a drain interconnection wire and connected todrain electrodes formed in the passive region.
 15. The semiconductordevice according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of sources arerespectively connected to a plurality of source electrodes formed in thepassive region through a plurality of air bridges crossing the gateinterconnection wire; each source of the plurality of sources isprovided with at least one through hole, and the source is connected toa source electrode corresponding to the source formed in the passiveregion through the at least one through hole.
 16. A method ofmanufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate;forming a semiconductor functional layer based on the substrate; formingan active region, a test region and a passive region based on thesemiconductor functional layer; forming a plurality of sources, aplurality of gates and a plurality of drains in the active region toform a standard device; and forming a first electrode same as the drainsand a second electrode same as one of the sources and the gates in thetest region to form a test device for testing performance parameters ofthe standard device.
 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein athird electrode same as the other of the sources and the gates is formedin the test region.
 18. The method according to claim 16, wherein aplurality of source electrodes, a plurality of drain electrodes and aplurality of gate electrodes are formed in the passive region, and themethod further comprises: connecting the sources of the standard deviceto the source electrodes; forming a drain interconnection wire in thepassive region, connecting the drains of the standard device togetherthrough the drain interconnection wire and connecting the drains to thedrain electrodes; and forming a gate interconnection wire in the passiveregion, connecting the gates of the standard device together through thegate interconnection wire and connecting the gates to the gateelectrodes.
 19. The method according to claim 17, wherein a plurality ofsource electrodes, a plurality of drain electrodes and a plurality ofgate electrodes are formed in the passive region, and the method furthercomprises: connecting the sources of the standard device to the sourceelectrodes; forming a drain interconnection wire in the passive region,connecting the drains of the standard device together through the draininterconnection wire and connecting the drains to the drain electrodes;and forming a gate interconnection wire in the passive region,connecting the gates of the standard device together through the gateinterconnection wire and connecting the gates to the gate electrodes.